Gait Analysis And Treatment For Stroke And Acquired Brain Injury
The vast majority of us take walking for granted. Walking is actually a complex task that involves a large amount of synergy within the human body.
The vast majority of us take walking for granted. Walking is actually a complex task that involves a large amount of synergy within the human body.
Sometimes, doing so much is actually detrimental for our patients and I can think of one classic example being balance retraining.
In our clinic, we see many neurological patients who come in through our doors with a laboured walking pattern.
Balance involves the ongoing interaction between seeing, feeling and orientation in space, and is underpinned by the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems.
Truck drivers concentrate for hours, but don’t apologise for the fact that they need frequent breaks. They know their bodies, they know when it’s time to pull over, because their life depends on it.
Did you know that despite the brain being 2% of the mass of the body, it uses 25% of the available oxygen supply?
The body is a complex creature with millions and millions of connections that come from the brain and spread throughout the nervous system.
Mental imagery has received much attention in the scientific literature because it’s been shown to be helpful in neurological and pain rehabilitation.
In a study by Schmolesky, Webb, and Hansen (2013), they have found that in young healthy males, that the highest amount of BDNF was created when they undertook 40 minutes of highly vigorous exercise.
This makes life challenging for people who with gluten sensitivity, which can be described as the body’s increased immune response to gluten which occurs in genetically susceptible people.
Hydrotherapy is often a popular adjunct to Physiotherapy due to the benefits that water has on the body that land doesn’t offer. But what is Hydrotherapy? Is it the same as water exercises or water aerobics?
I began to do a bit of research of my own into the idea of music therapy for people with neurological conditions.
In the field of Parkinson’s therapy, there’s a bit of a mini revolution coming on the past few years around dancing. Finally, therapy get sexy!
We offer expert neurological therapy services to help adults and adolescents recover from conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, inner ear and nerves.
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